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I Killed My Mother

Original title: J'ai tué ma mère
  • 20092009
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
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I Killed My Mother (2009)
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A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.A semi-autobiographical story about Hubert as a young homosexual at odds with his mother.
IMDb RATING
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    • Xavier Dolan
    • Xavier Dolan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anne Dorval
    • Xavier Dolan
    • François Arnaud
    • Xavier Dolan
    • Xavier Dolan(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anne Dorval
    • Xavier Dolan
    • François Arnaud
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    • 49User reviews
    • 104Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
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    Anne Dorval
    Anne Dorval
    • Chantale Lemming
    Xavier Dolan
    Xavier Dolan
    • Hubert Minel
    François Arnaud
    François Arnaud
    • Antonin Rimbaud
    Suzanne Clément
    Suzanne Clément
    • Julie Cloutier
    Patricia Tulasne
    Patricia Tulasne
    • Hélène Rimbaud
    Niels Schneider
    Niels Schneider
    • Éric
    Monique Spaziani
    Monique Spaziani
    • Denise
    Pierre Chagnon
    Pierre Chagnon
    • Richard Minel
    Justin Caron
    • Jeune Hubert
    Benoît Gouin
    Benoît Gouin
    • Directeur du pensionnat
    Johanne-Marie Tremblay
    Johanne-Marie Tremblay
    • Enseignante au pensionnat
    Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque
    Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque
    • Pensionnaire agressif #1
    • (as Hugolin Chevrette)
    Francis Ducharme
    Francis Ducharme
    • Pensionnaire agressif #2
    Pascale Audrey
    • Professeur d'arts
    Émile Mailhiot
    Émile Mailhiot
    • Élève #1
    • (as Émile Mailhot)
    Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
    Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle
    • Élève #2
    Mathieau Grimard
    • Jeune amant d'Hélène
    • (as Mathieu Grimard)
    Mariflore Véronneau
    • Serveuse casse-croûte
      • Xavier Dolan
      • Xavier Dolan(screenplay) (dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Xavier Dolan wrote the script when he was 16 years old. He said in an interview with French-Canadian newspaper 'Le Soleil' that the movie was in part an autobiography.
    • Quotes

      [subtitled version]

      Hubert Minel: [angrily] What would you do if I died today?

      Chantale Lemming: [quietly to herself, after Hubert has walked away] I'd die tomorrow.

    • Crazy credits
      'Particular Thanks' is given to 'a person answering the initials of S.P.'
    • Connections
      Featured in Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Des roses rouges pour toi maman
      Written by André Hébert

      Performed by André Hébert

      © Les disques Mérite Ltée

    User reviews49

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    8/10
    Loved it
    I just finished watching this film online with poorly translated subtitles which made it difficult to decipher what the characters were saying some of the time, however I got the gist of what was going on.

    A few of the reviews I've read have said they couldn't stand the main character and it dragged the film down. I think this film works because the main character is so bratty! He is absolutely wretched to his mother at some points and his mother perfectly nice back to him. One reviewer said they couldn't understand why he was so mean to his mother 'for no reason'. I actually related to Hubert's character getting annoyed at little things because when you're a teenager everything about your parent can annoy you! The first scene is stellar with the mother having cream cheese on her face and it annoying Hubert.

    I also believe that him being a 'closeted' gay and wanting freedom from his mother would also have been contributing factors as to why he was such a brat to his mother. The constant struggle between wanting to be independent of your parents but also not being quite old enough to be completely alone and still depending on a parent is what is captured so well in this film. I like that you can see the angst between mother and son from the child's eyes, frustrated yet loving. Hubert is a tortured soul! Everything is a little exaggerated, but wasn't every little problem a big deal when you were 16?

    This film was great in my eyes. I got a lot of entertainment from it and it's an amazing effort for the first directorial. It is definitely stylised and borrows from the likes of Wong Kar Wai (violins??) but it suits the film and contemporary setting and interests of young adults today.
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    • erin_osullivan
    • Jun 27, 2011

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 2009 (France)
      • Canada
      • Rezo Films (France)
      • French
      • English
      • Latin
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      • Longueuil, Québec, Canada
    • Production company
      • Mifilifilms
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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